This page provides links to pages that contain valuable feedback to the self sufficient 4x4 traveler. The feedback is of our subscribers' experiences and encounters while visiting cross-border southern African countries on safari. Most of the reports here were submitted by subscribers of the OverLand Forum. We'd love to see your contribution here and encourage you to participate and share your experiences, views, stories and photos. This page also contain links to sites that feature stories of travelers through Africa that are published on other websites. Please submit your trip report, digital images or travel stories to Hennie Rautenbach who will publish it here.
Copyright Notice ! The contents of these reports are the property of their respective authors and may only be printed and used for private purposes. Any commercial use of these reports is strictly forbidden without the express written authorization by the author.
Below are a few suggested guidelines, which you may want to consider before submitting a trip report ! These are by no means enforced but they do go a long way towards ensuring that your trip report will become a valuable reference !
1. Prior to your trip - synchronise all digital cameras in your party with the GPS time.
2. Upon return dump the GPS track log and all images.
3. Download the following utility: http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/
4. Using the above utility (very simple) Geo-Tag all the images from your GPS tracklog files.
5. Download Picasa3 from Google: http://picasa.google.com/
6. Register a Google Account (if you don't have a Gmail account).
7. Register a Flickr Account. (You may need a Paypal Account to pay the very reasonable 50 USD for 2 Years)
8. Install the Flickr Desktop Uploader : http://www.flickr.com/tools/
9. Install the Flickr Upload Plugin for Picasa3 : http://picasa2flickr.sourceforge.net/
10. Using Picasa3 edit (crop, enhance, adjust contrast) your best images identified for uploading to the Flickr Web Album.
11. Picasa3 Tips: http://picasatutorials.blogspot.com/
12. Upload the images to your new Flickr Account. Add Titles/Tags/Descriptions.
13. Register on the Overland PHPBB3 Forum: http://www.overland.co.za/phpBB3/
14. Log in and create a new topic in the appropriate section.
15. Type up a brief trip report, divided into daily highlights, lowlights and critical data (prices, contact details, observations, tips, impressions)
16. Grab the BBCode of the Flickr Images that you wish to appear in your trip report : http://www.flickr.com/help/faq/search/?q=bbcode
17. Paste the BBCode under the text in your trip report where you wish for the Photo to appear.
18. Save and Preview.
19. Edit again and fix formatting/grammar/spelling if necesarry.
20. Post the URL of the report to the Overland Community for all to enjoy !
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